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[Pro Pizza! >:D]

check out these articles and be prepare for a possible wii u delay...
http://gamerant.com/...nter-ts-106805/
http://gamerant.com/...old-103398/#top

From what I see, Nintendo is going downhill before wii u gets out..


also, I put this in hardware cuz we dont have a nintendo in general forums :C

Edited by Nub cakes! :D, 29 September 2011 - 06:14 PM.

[Bill Cipher]

We have a general gaming section. that would fit.
Anyways, I'd like to point out that this is utter BS. Why sue the company after the products been out for such a long time? Plus, this is GameRant, who wants apple to buy Nintendo.

Edited by Lord N, 29 September 2011 - 06:18 PM.

[Hank Hill]

My take on it? Another company nobody's ever heard of trying to grab a quick profit at Nintendos' expense.

[Auzzie Wingman]

The Ultimate Pointer isn't a gaming device, period.

Also, a little late to the game as well.

[Mesan3]

didn't they file the lawsuit in 2008 or
they filed for the patient in 2005

[lostdwarf]

Looks to me as though they have firm grounds to sue Nintendo.  
They invented the technology.  
period.  the patents prove it.  
Nintendo will have to pay for its use of the sensor bar in the wii and wii u, possibly just have to purchase a license, but nintendo hate loosing so they will fight all the way regardless.
The company suing nintendo have waited this long because they have only just been given rights to the patent recently.

[Auzzie Wingman]

Still, it bugs me that other companies like to sue infringers ages after the technology has been copied and distributed. It's kind of begs the question: Do they really care their patent was copied, or are they only suing in hopes of getting cash?

Seems like the latter to me. Also, technology for presentation as opposed to gaming. The purposes are different.

[Starrgrl24]

Yep...this is just a way to get some money. I mean, I never even heard ThinkOptical's wavit remote. Sure, ThinkOptical does have the grounds for a lawsuit, but it is NOT affecting their business. The wavit remote is for professional presentation use, while the Wii Remote is just for video games. Two VASTLY difference purposes. Just by that, you can tell that ThinkOptical just want to get money from Nintendo.

Besides, there will always be some kind of conflict with "break-through technology." Nintendo already risked themselves for even coming up with the concept of a motion detecting remote. Who wanna bet that the concept of 3d without glasses will eventually get into problems? One common mistake that I see in industry is the race to be "original."

I'll just use this situation as an example. Nintendo developed the Wii remote in hopes to be original. ThinkOptical developed the "wavit remote" in hopes to be original as well. The problem? Well...BOTH companies came up with the same "original" idea. Unless there is proof that Nintendo STOLE information from ThinkOptical, I wouldn't believe that Nintendo is at fault for infringing copyright. In this world of capitalism, it doesn't matter who comes up with an idea first. It matters if you can copyright the idea first. Copyright does have its benefits, but it has some terrible flaws as well.

Nintendo can't avoid the lawsuit, even if they're really not at fault. I simply just hope that Nintendo have good lawyers. xD

[Ravin757]

It's not the first time and probably won't be the last time that someone with a general, vaguely worded, technology patent attemts to sue Nintendo. Technology patents are consistantly halting creativity because everyone has to worry if some company is going to come out of nowhere and slap a lawsuit on them for a percieved similarity in design. As starrgrl24 said, their uses are for completely different fields of technology. So unless ThinkOptical was planning on making video game controllers or Nintendo was going to make presentation hardware, they should stand down and avoid the negative publicity.

[Wertville]

Yep...this is just a way to get some money. I mean, I never even heard ThinkOptical's wavit remote. Sure, ThinkOptical does have the grounds for a lawsuit, but it is NOT affecting their business. The wavit remote is for professional presentation use, while the Wii Remote is just for video games. Two VASTLY difference purposes. Just by that, you can tell that ThinkOptical just want to get money from Nintendo.

Besides, there will always be some kind of conflict with "break-through technology." Nintendo already risked themselves for even coming up with the concept of a motion detecting remote. Who wanna bet that the concept of 3d without glasses will eventually get into problems? One common mistake that I see in industry is the race to be "original."

I'll just use this situation as an example. Nintendo developed the Wii remote in hopes to be original. ThinkOptical developed the "wavit remote" in hopes to be original as well. The problem? Well...BOTH companies came up with the same "original" idea. Unless there is proof that Nintendo STOLE information from ThinkOptical, I wouldn't believe that Nintendo is at fault for infringing copyright. In this world of capitalism, it doesn't matter who comes up with an idea first. It matters if you can copyright the idea first. Copyright does have its benefits, but it has some terrible flaws as well.

Nintendo can't avoid the lawsuit, even if they're really not at fault. I simply just hope that Nintendo have good lawyers. xD

It's not the first time and probably won't be the last time that someone with a general, vaguely worded, technology patent attemts to sue Nintendo. Technology patents are consistantly halting creativity because everyone has to worry if some company is going to come out of nowhere and slap a lawsuit on them for a percieved similarity in design. As starrgrl24 said, their uses are for completely different fields of technology. So unless ThinkOptical was planning on making video game controllers or Nintendo was going to make presentation hardware, they should stand down and avoid the negative publicity.

The thing is, via blutooth, the wiimote CAN be used as a pointer for presentations. It's all third party stuff, but it could be used as an argument...
Also, I wouldn't worry too much about this. Nintendo, and most other large companies, get brought to court all the time. It's why they hire lawyers and... Well, Nintendo has the best

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Edited by Gin Kamiya, 02 October 2011 - 08:34 AM.

[CaptainBravo1]

Well if they are going after Nintendo they probably will go after Sony next thing you know. Also it is just a laser pointer after all I was playing with those when I was a little kid and I did "read" the topic somewhat. So I didn't see anything the shouted motion control, it looked like a ordinary laser pointer to me. Like the ones you use to be able to buy in stores. I could be wrong though I'm just a stubborn Nintendo fan and I despise it when people try and profit from something they don't deserve.
Here's the home page for the U-point and from what I just read it is nothing "like" the Wii-mote.

http://www.ultimatep...r.com/home.aspx
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